October 7, 2011: Morning
- Three win Nobel Peace Prize "for their nonviolent struggle for the safety of women."
- Economic indicators, consumer sentiment are at an all-time disparity—it's not as bad as we think, and we think it's bad.
- EPSN drops Bocephus, who claims he dropped them first—also, he misinterpreted the First Amendment.
- CDC believes jump in ER visits for childhood brain injuries is due to increased awareness about concussions.
- The trademark battle over "Keep Calm and Carry On," the wartime poster Brits never knew they had.
- The Machines regret the bio-expiration of Steve Jobs.
- Carl Sagan welcomes Steve Jobs.
- How Jobs managed his final round of farewells.
- Murakami translator Jay Rubin on the writer's appeal, and the Murakami recipe books Western readers miss out on.
- Pet travel services thrive as many airlines refuse passage to short-faced and snub-nosed dogs.
- Ben Franklin's life illustrates a psychological quirk: We don't hate those who harm us, we hate those we harm.